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The great American dog, Prince, a Siberian bloodhound, with his owner Mr Francis Butler of New York, who had the honour of attending Windsor Castle with his companion
Fantastic Adventures - Return of Sinbad by Chester S. Geier. A man in Arabian dress flies in space on a giant bird of prey. The distressed bird is being attacked by the lasers of several spaceships
Italian Lakes - Fresco by Luine - Enormous fresco inside church. Part of Box 184 Boswell Collection - Italian Lakes. Date: circa 1900
Susi - losing her dinner to a much bigger dog. 1950s
Uzbekistan - Tashkent - A Huge Crowd watching acrobats. Date: circa 1907
Comic exaggeration card - The Wool Producers of Canada - giant sheep! Date: 1910
Eugene GodardEUGENE GODARD: French aeronaut, best known for the captive balloon at the Paris Exposition which attracted enormous numbers of visitors. We have many pictures of it. Date: 1827? - 1890
COSTUME 1895Enormous gigot sleeves with epaulettes, large skirts (possibly 7 gored skirts), tiny waists, broad belts, high necked blouse with yoke, huge hats ornamented with flowers. Date: 1895
French Operations 1885French operations in the Culebra cutting, where an enormous amount of rock and earth must be cleared; this Osgood excavator does a good job - but not good enough. Date: 1885
Mabel Green (1890 - 1970), actress, wearing an enormous hat
Tango (Finetti) 1914You might think that enormous hat of hers would make tangoing awkward, but they seem to be managing alright... Date: 1914
Carmen MirandaCARMEN MIRANDA Brazilian singer shown here with ostrich plumes on her head and an enormous ring on her finger; also photographs of Benny Goodman & Alice Faye Date: 1909 - 1955
Small Girl Carries BooksA little girl attempts to carry a pile of enormous books past a baby sleeping in a cradle. The books, some of which look like hollow shells, topple onto the floor. Date: circa 1890
Hannah Cowley / Big HatHANNAH COWLEY Dramatist and connoisseur of hats Date: 1743 - 1809
Costume / Men / Jap ArcherA Japanese archer of ancient times, fully equipped with a quiver full of arrows and an enormous bow Date: ANCIENT JAPAN
Theatre IntervalDuring the interval, a lady in a simply enormous hat is given a hand with her cloak by her escort Date: 1910
Scapa Flow BombedGerman bombers attack the British fleet at their base at Scapa Flow, Scotland, and do enormous damage to naval vessels Date: March 1940
Elizabeth Hungary / SchleiSAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY Married Louis IV. Spent enormous amounts on Hospitals and providing for orphaned children. Date: 1207 - 1231
Souvenir postcard of the Giant Child, AnnaSouvenir postcard with a portrait of the Giant Child, Anna, who, according to information given was eight years old at the time this picture was taken and weighed 170lbs. Date: c.1900
Displaced by war: news stories no longer being covered, 1915A humorous cartoon imagines other news stories usually enjoyed by the press(child prodigies, enormous vegetables, the activities of militant suffragettes)
Edwardian group in the garden of Strathclyde, Offerton Road, Stockport. Standing with his sister and brothers is James Johnson Battersby who survived the Lusitania sinking ten years later
Suffragette Bombs and Bottom. Gentleman in a top hat encounters with some surprise a well built suffragette with an enormous bottom
Suffragette, the New Man. Man with moustache dressed in the colours purple, white and green, wears an enormous hat. Caption reads, The aim of the suffragette is the equality of the sexes
Woman in purple crinolineWoman in an enormous purple crinoline, holding a bunch of flowers. Date: 20th century
Transatlantic flight by G. H. DavisThe transatlantic flight: the type of British machine which will attempt it. Top: dropping the chassis at the moment of setting out -- a daring device
Business card design, man with gramophoneBusiness card design, depicting a man sitting in a green armchair with a gramophone with an enormous horn at his side. Date: 20th century
Courtship scene by E. H. ShepherdDuo-colour illustration by E.H. Shepherd showing a young man in a blazer with a young woman with an enormous parasol. In the background, their friends can be seen playing a game of tennis. 1921
The Queen mag / cruise 1938Front cover illustration for The Queen magazine showing an enormous shiny cruise ship about to leave the harbour or dock of some sunny holiday destination. Date: January 1938
Hiding Prohibition BoozeA young woman up a step ladder demonstrates the enormous lengths people went to to hide their bootleg booze during the Prohibition in the U.S.A.! Date: early 1930s
Canada - Transporting a load of fancy poulty, the size of which is certainly not paltry! Date: 1904
One in a MillionThis girl is One in a Million! Date: 1905
Pierre-aux-Fees Standing Stone at St Micaud, FrancePierre-aux-Fees Standing Stone at St Micaud in the Saone-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France. 6m 40cm tall. Date: circa 1911
Tallest Chimney in France at Roubaix (Nord) - 105m tall Date: circa 1910s
The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros, Americas enormous shows united. Poster on left advertises the circus and the spectacle Trip to the Moon with accompanying picture
A wagon laden with remarkable giant cabbagesGiant Cabbages - freshly picked..... Possibly a bit of creative photography, although you never know....! Date: 1910
Sells Brothers enormous united shows - Rare zoological marvels... Poster showing animals on exhibit in a tent, including giraffes, elephants, tigers, and hippopotami. Date ca. 1895
The Prince of Pilsen by Luders & Pixley : an enormous all-star revival. Date 19 - ?
Royal wedding 1863 - the Princesss dressing room, WindsorThe dressing room of Princess Alexandra of Denmark(Princess of Wales)(1844-1925)at St Georges Chapel, Windsor, on the occasion of her marriage to Edward Prince of Wales(later Edward VII)(1841-1910)
Japan - Kobe - Enormous Floating DockThe enormous floating dock at the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Yard at Kobe, Japan. The liner Hakozaki Maru SS (pictured being finished in the dock)
Lyon, France - International Exhibition (2 / 7)The Bed of Louis XVIII at the International Exhibition at Lyon Date: 1914
Vine Growers QueenMademoiselle Emile Langlor, the Queen of the Charente vine growing district, in her striking, enormous, lace hat! Date: 1930s
Miss Muffet / Mother GooseLitle Miss Muffet eating her curds and whey unaware that there is an enormous spider, with a hat, creeping up behind her
Meknes, Morocco - Mosque close to the Mellah GateMosque close to the Mellah Gate at Meknes, Morocco. It stands next to a spectacular palm tree!
Munitions Factory WWIIAn enormous Naval gun being lowered into a heated tube for tempering at a munitions factory during World War II
Veiled Moorish Woman out walking - Algeria. She wears a remarkably voluminous costume with a headdress which folds up from her waist, an enormous bunched skirt and wide sleeves
Industrial Yarn SpinningA factory worker attends to an enormous yarn spinning machine at Patons & Baldwins factory in Darlington. Patons & Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn
Turkish Wrestler (2 of 4)A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, lifts enormous dumbells whilst another strongman colleague sits on his shoulders. A series of cards (2 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter
Dingo Puppy AldinA cute dingo puppy with an enormous bone in its mouth